A.N: My first venture into Glee fics. I don't really know how well this turned out. Feedback is much appreciated (just be kind if you are criticizing because I am semi-new to writing and very insecure about it). But yeah. Enjoy!

This starts at the end of the best scene in Original Song.

After breaking apart from their kiss again, the two boys shared a smile. Blaine's eyes moved down to the table where Pavarotti's casket was. "Um, Kurt, why are you bedazzling the box you are burying Pavarotti in? Won't it just get ruined?"

Kurt blushed as he was questioned about the box. "It's kind of stupid. It's just that the only box I could find that fit Pavarotti was made of maple. And looking at a body in a maple box hurts too much."

Confused, Blaine reached over and grabbed Kurt's hand. "Why does it hurt to see a maple box?" he asked, concerned as Kurt seemed near tears.

"My mom…her casket was maple. That's the only thing I remember about her funeral besides holding my dad's hand and crying. And I don't want to be reminded of her funeral while at Pavarotti's because then the pain will be worse because it'll be like losing both. I can get through the burial without too much sadness because, while I loved Pavarotti, he was only a bird. But if I get reminded of my mom's funeral, I'll break down and it's been ten years. I want to stop crying about it." Kurt rushed out, tears streaming down his face by the end of his speech.

Blaine pulled Kurt into his arms and held him as he finished talking. The two sat in silence, thinking about the loss of life until Kurt cleared his throat and pulled away.

"Well, enough of that. Let's get back to what we were doing before. But maybe actually practice our duet this time?" Kurt gave Blaine a weak grin and Blaine returned it with a chuckle.

"Aww but Kurt, don't you wanna make out with me?" Blaine asked in a whiny tone, pouting his lips at the end in hopes of getting Kurt to laugh. Kurt gave him a smile before leaning in to press a chaste kiss against his lips.

"Practice first. Then…" he trailed off suggestively and both boys gave the other a smile before they began discussing their duet for Sectionals.

Blaine stood next to Kurt as they both looked down at the buried bird. He could sense that Kurt was going to start breaking down soon. Not sure what to do, he blurted out the first thing that came to mind "I'm so sorry Kurt. I know this is really upsetting for you. It reminds you of your mom's funeral, doesn't it?" He then cringed as he realized how stupid that was to bring up. He just wasn't good at brain to mouth filtering and he didn't know how to make everything better.

Kurt gave Blaine an incredulous look at the stupid question. "The casket was bigger." He said in what was meant to be a biting tone but came out sad as he couldn't contain the sniffles. Not wanting to break down anymore, he geared the conversation towards their loss at Regionals and his disappointment about that. Blaine tried to reassure him with a joke about performing at the Gap. Kurt didn't laugh as the sting from Valentine's Day was too fresh but Blaine continued on and said "We got each other out of all this. That beats a lousy trophy don't you think?"

Kurt gave a small smile at these words and when Blaine reached out to hold his hand, he grabbed it. While Blaine may say stupid things, at the end of the day, he knew how to make Kurt feel better. And he remembered that holding his hand helped him before and he hoped it helped now. The two boys walked away from the burial site, hands clasped between them.